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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Heidi begin her path toward feminism?
(a) As a passive creature, waiting to see what would happen.
(b) Questioning authority.
(c) Aggressively.
(d) Diving in with both feet.

2. What does Heidi decide to do with the advice her friends gives her at the high school dance?
(a) Heidi ignores the advice.
(b) Heidi fights with her friend.
(c) Heidi makes a scene.
(d) Heidi decides to try it out.

3. What is Heidi's friend's reason for attending the dance?
(a) To become popular.
(b) To smoke.
(c) To have refreshments.
(d) To meet a boy.

4. Three years after the high school dance, who is Heidi campaigning for?
(a) George Bush.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Eugene McCarthy.

5. What is one thing that Heidi does at the high school dance that might be considered unusual, considering where she was?
(a) She dances by herself.
(b) She tries to start The Wave.
(c) She sits down to read.
(d) She sings karoake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the focus of the group of women meeting in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. Scoop is an editor for which newspaper?

3. In Act I, Scene 2, what are Heidi's feelings toward women?

4. Which of the following painters are specifically mentioned by Heidi in her class?

5. What does Scoop ask Heidi to do the evening of the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Heidi's old friend Peter show up at the protest?

2. How does Heidi approach the group at the women's consciousness rap group in the church basement?

3. Heidi discloses information about herself when mentioning her high school dance. What is that piece of information?

4. What is one of Scoop's most unusual personality characteristics?

5. Heidi criticizes the painting of Lily Martin Spencer for a particular reason. What is that reason?

6. What does Scoop possess that Heidi wishes she had more of? What does she question?

7. What are the societal expectations at the high school dance in the mid-1960's?

8. What does Lisa do to save face at her wedding reception?

9. When Fran invites Heidi to share, what does Heidi do?

10. Heidi has one primary belief that seems to carry her throughout the play, including Act 1, Scene 3. What is this belief?

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